Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 12 February 1987 in Port of Spain) is a

Trinidadian Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The country is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As a ...

professional

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who plays as a defender.

Career

Club

Abu Bakr went to

Queen's Royal College Queen's Royal College ( St.Clair, Trinidad), referred to for short as QRC, or "The College" by alumni, is a secondary school in Trinidad and Tobago. Originally a boarding school and grammar school, the secular college is selective and noted for it ...

in Trinidad and began his career in Trinidad and Tobago side

Caledonia AIA Morvant Caledonia United (formerly known as Caledonia AIA) is a professional football team in Trinidad and Tobago's top-level TT Pro League. It is based in Morvant; its home stadium is Hasely Crawford Stadium. History The Caledonia AIA Footba ...

, before signing for Swansea City on 30 August 2009, in a short-term loan deal until 1 January 2010. He has been signed to help relieve the injury crisis at the club. He previously had two trial spells at the club, in 2007 and in 2008, but was unable to sign for the Swans after they were denied a work permit. Bakr started his career at a relatively late age which he has put down to him deciding to put his head down and study, he took a degree in business management in

Kingston University , mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress" , established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute , type = Public , endowment = £2.3 m (2015) , ...

in London. In August 2009, a work permit was arranged for the UK, and Radanfah signed a three-month contract with Swansea on 1 September 2009. After this deal expired he was not offered terms to extend his stay and so returned to Trinidad to sign for Joe Public. On 21 July 2011, he was signed by Belgium club Olympic Charleroi after a successful trial. He left Olympic Charleroi and returned to Caledonia AIA during the 2012 season. Abu Bakr helped Caledonia AIA win the

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on 21 June 2012. He scored his side's goal in a 1–1 draw after extra time against

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, with Caledonia AIA winning 4–2 on penalty kicks. In February 2013 Abu Bakr moved to

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

side

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. He played 28 league games for Vostok before moving to Lithuanian A Lyga side Kruoja a year later. On 2 February 2015, he signed a contract with

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club

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It ...

. In July 2016, Abu Bakr signed with Estonian top division club JK Sillamäe Kalev. On 25 February 2017, he joined Lithuanian

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side Sūduva Marijampolė. On September 6, 2019 Abu Bakr penned deal with

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side and is currently playing for Churchill Brothers S.C.

International career

Abu Bakr made his debut for the Trinidad and Tobago national team on 30 July 2008, coming on as a substitute in a friendly against Haiti. Another substitute appearance followed two weeks later in a friendly against El Salvador. He would have to wait until June 2009 for his next international; making his first start and competitive appearance in a World Cup qualifier against

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, losing 2–1. Abu Bakr scored his first international goal a month later in a 3–2 friendly win against

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. He went on to play in a further four of Trinidad and Tobago's qualifiers for the

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, but lost his place in the side after that. Abu Bakr returned to the international side in June 2013 as part of Trinidad and Tobago's build up to the

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition began on 7 July 2013 at the ...

, playing in friendlies away against

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and

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. He was selected for his nation's squad for the tournament, and helped them reach the quarter-finals where they lost narrowly to Mexico.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 8 January 2017''

International goals

:''Updated to games played 8 June 2014

Personal life

His brother Ayinde is former manager of

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